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Cash flow problems must be quickly removed, “there are already enough challenges with the scarcity of sales outlets, logistics and manpower problems”, stressed Bernard Farges.

Wednesday April 01 2020

French wine industry encouraged to make wide scale use of State-secured loans

As vines gradually emerge from their winter slumber, wine marketing finds itself in isolation, “leaving a huge gap”, said France’s
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Patrick Seguin, chairman of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of Vinexpo: “We are firmly committed to keeping the show in Hong Kong. There don't seem to be any new cases of coronavirus in Asia. The situation is improving”.

Tuesday March 31 2020

Vinexpo remains confident about the current situation

“Vinexpo, like all companies, has been shut down. Out of the 34 employees, a good ten are working from home”, said Patrick Seguin, (...)
Industry issues
“The challenge is to get through this crisis as calmly as possible”, says Jean-Marie Fabre.

Tuesday March 24 2020

French wine producers concerned about cash flow

How is the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in France affecting independent wineries? Jean-Marie Fabre, chairman of French Independent (...)
Business
“When I started planting disease-resistant grape varieties in 2009, many viewed it as the crazy act of a madman”, recalls Mickaël Raynal.

Friday March 20 2020

The first range of PGI wines from resistant varieties is released

The first French winegrower to market a PGI wine made from resistant grape varieties last year, Mickaël Raynal is innovating once again by (...)
Wine people
Charles Schaller runs the family vineyard Edgard Schaller & Fils.

Thursday March 19 2020

Charles Schaller chairs the Crémants d’Alsace producers’ organisation

Charles Schaller, an independent winegrower in Mittelwihr (Haut-Rhin), has become chairman of the Crémant d'Alsace producers’ organisation. (...)
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Guy Rochais has given the keys of Château de Plaisance to Vannessa Cherruau and not to Loire Propriétés

Friday March 13 2020

Guy Rochais hands the keys of Château de Plaisance to Vannessa Cherruau

Château de Plaisance with its 25-hectare vineyard in Rochefort-sur-Loire (Anjou) is making an incredible come-back according to its new co-owner, (...)
Industry issues
Maxime Toubart has just been re-elected chair of the Champagne winegrowers' association.

Wednesday March 11 2020

Maxime Toubart re-elected chair of the Champagne winegrowers' association

“The Champagne region is poised to reach a milestone in its history regarding the issue of planting authorisations”, announced (...)
Monday March 09 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
A bead 8 millimetres in diameter is set within the ring.

5,000 euros for a combination of 18-carat gold and 50-year-old Cognac

With Cognac enthusiasts squarely in their sights, the Charente-based firm A. de Fussigny and Bordeaux jeweller Arvin Créations are marketing (...)
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Friday March 06 2020 - Wine people by Vitisphere
“Very many people who hold a position in the wine media today owe him somewhere between a great deal and a huge amount”, is how Nicolas de Rouyn paid tribute to Daniel Benharros in his blog.

Wine and media personality Daniel Benharros passes away

“Daniel Benharros died on Sunday [23 February]”, said pained blogger Nicolas de Rouyn, paying tribute to “a great wine professional, (...)
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Thursday March 05 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Bernard Jacob, managing director of Orchidées Maisons de vin, has announced that he has finished restructuring the group.

Orchidée wines turn 100% Loire

The Loire Valley is faring pretty well at the moment. Supermarket sales are holding up well, exports are on the rise and many companies have (...)
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Wednesday March 04 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
After tasting grape-flavoured beers and Savoy cheeses, Emmanuel Macron tasted a Provence rosé as a host of the national committee for appellation and geographical indication wines (CNIV).

Emmanuel Macron seeks European aid for French wines

At the official opening day of France’s largest agricultural show, the Salon International de l'Agriculture (SIA) on February 22nd (...)
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Monday March 02 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
The rosé is a 2019 Pinot noir and the white is an unspecified, non-vintage blend.

Grands Chais de France blows away the traditional Alsace wine bottle

Behind their low-key names – “Le blanc” and “Le rosé” - the two new Alsace labels by negociant firm Arthur Metz (...)
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Friday February 21 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Still presented as a prototype, the Moncigale branded rosé in a can (2019 IGP Méditerranée) should be the first wine to use the future canning facilities.

Moncigale invests in canned wines

The start-up StarBeverages, which specialises in packaging beverage alcohol in cans, and Moncigale wine merchant (the wine branch of the Marie (...)
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Thursday February 20 2020 - Wine people by Vitisphere
Nothing should be taken for granted: “Being a sommelier means being on a constant learning curve, travelling and meeting winegrowers out in the field”, warned German sommelier Marc Almert.

The World’s Best Sommelier shares three tips for blind tasting

Blind tasting wine is both complex and requires humility. It implies putting one's skills on the line with no other safety net than one's (...)
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Wednesday February 19 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Mathias Icard smiles as he presents two reds (a Cabernet-Sauvignon and a Merlot), two whites (Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc) and a rosé at Vinexpo Paris.

The first wine in the world with an official smiley is released

“It's simple, it's cheerful and it's eye-catching”, sums up Mathias Icard, sales manager for Icard Châteaux & (...)
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Monday February 17 2020 - Industry issues by Vitisphere
Antoine Leccia, chairman of the FEVS, has called for an emergency compensation fund to be introduced for companies that have fallen victim to the US tax hike.

French wine and spirits exporters worried about the American market

“We are asking politicians to fight to abolish the American tax”. This was the message hammered home by the chairman of the French (...)
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Friday February 14 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
The fraud revealed by trading standards involves offences committed between 2013 and 2017.

Raphaël Michel no longer under investigation for fraud

The Rhone Valley wine region is still reeling from the news: the indictment of trading company Raphaël Michel for fraud involving an estimated (...)
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Wednesday February 12 2020 - Wine people by Vitisphere
Jérôme Baudouin has been appointed editor-in-chief of the RVF at a challenging moment in the publication’s history.

Jérôme Baudouin new editor-in-chief of RVF

As the magazine's editor-in-chief also charged with running the website, Jérôme Baudouin will also support the Revue du Vin de France’s (...)
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Tuesday February 11 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
Laurent David, chairman of WineTech: “There has been a real wake-up call and I think that WineTech can play a major role in this”.

France’s WineTech goes from adolescence to adulthood

Last December, companies belonging to the French WineTech formed an association, taking a spontaneous, informal movement and turning it into (...)
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Wednesday February 05 2020 - Business by Vitisphere
The four Drouhin siblings, Véronique, Philippe, Frédéric and Laurent, took over management of the family firm in the 1990s, but remain under the supervision of their father Robert.

Maison Joseph Drouhin is 140 years old

Maison Drouhin is above all a family affair: since 1880 Joseph, the founder, his son Maurice, then Robert, his grandson and finally his four (...)
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